Association News
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While browsing Shetland Pony items on eBay recently, Dennis Robison chanced upon a bit of Shetland, Hackney, and Welsh history he had never before seen. As an avid collector of literature pertaining to these three breeds, Robison had already put together an amazing personal library. Yet, the item he found was even more remarkable. The title of the item was "Price List No. 49 - Shetland, Welsh, and Hackney Ponies - Heyl Pony Farm, Washington, Illinois". What this price list (which is actually a 22 page booklet plus covers) contained was not just a listing of available ponies but it also included a number of newspaper article reprints about Heyl ponies, photos of Heyl ponies (Shetlands and Hackneys), as well as four pages of pony equipment. The Heyl price list has no date on it but based upon the show results and birth dates of ponies advertised it appears to have been printed in 1930.
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AHHS Transfer Fees to Increase
Effective April 1, 2012, the fee for the Application of Transfer of Ownership with the American Hackney Horse Society will increase from $25.00 to $35. The new $35 transfer fee was passed by the AHHS Board of Directors at its March 2, 2012 meeting. TheAHHS Transfer Fees to Increase
Effective April 1, 2012, the fee for the Application of Transfer of Ownership with the American Hackney Horse Society will increase from $25.00 to $35. The new $35 transfer fee was passed by the AHHS Board of Directors at its March 2, 2012 meeting. Effective April 1, 2012, the fee for the Application of Transfer of Ownership with the American Hackney Horse Society will increase from $25.00 to $35. The new $35 transfer fee was passed by the AHHS Board of Directors at its March 2, 2012 meeting. Effective April 1, 2012, the fee for the Application of Transfer of Ownership with the American Hackney Horse Society will increase from $25.00 to $35. The new $35 transfer fee was passed by the AHHS Board of Directors at its March 2, 2012 meeting.
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American Royal Splits AHHS Road Pony Medallion
Show manager Kent Moeller announced that two sections of the AHHS Youth Medallion Road Pony Class will be held, a 13 & under and a 14-17. Both of these classes will be held on Thursday afternoon and will qualify for the Junior Exhibitor Road Pony Championship on Saturday.
The UPHA/American Royal National Championship will be held November 13 – 17 in Kansas City, Missouri’s Kemper Arena. Judges for this year’s performance division include Michael Craghead, Ricky Harris and Don Judd. Craghead, Marilyn Macfarlane, and Nancy Troutman will officiate in the USEF Saddle Seat Medal Finals, while Dale Arnston, Sally Lindabury and Liz McBride-Jones will mark the cards in all UPHA -
American Show Pony Registry Awards First Halter Hall of Fame Honor
Synergy TAP (BigNRich FMF X Peddler's Carnation), bred and owned by Trace Anderson of Triangle Acres in Askov, MN, became the first American Show Pony officially entered into American Show Pony Registry’s Hall of Fame in the Halter division.
The Hall of Fame is one of the American Shetland Pony Club’s top honors for the equine it governs. Established in 1967, the Hall of Fame recognizes ponies receiving high levels of show ring achievement in their lifetime. HoF recognition is earned based on success in the show ring. Winning against other ponies is essential.
The ASPC established the American Show Pony Registry in 1995, giving an important outlet for larger Shetlands, smaller Hackneys and crosses between those two breeds. Since the ASPR was first established, the show options and competitions for these dynamic, animated and brilliant ponies has grown. The first ASPR Performance Hall of Fame was awarded in 2000 but no pony had been recorded for Halter HoF honors until 2011. -
ASPC & AHHS Launch Redesigned Websites
Check out the newly redesigned website for the American Shetland Pony Club, Inc., at www.shetlandminiature.com
Check out the recently revamped website for the American Hackney Horse Society at www.hackneysociety.com
